Ginger A. Pooley (also known by her maiden name, Ginger Reyes, or her solo stage name, Ginger Sling) born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 22, 1980, is an American rock musician of Mexican and Peruvian heritage. She is the touring bassist and a backing vocalist for the Chicago alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. She is also a solo artist, and was a bassist of the California pop-punk band the Halo Friendlies.
Reyes has had a long musical ca...
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Ginger A. Pooley (also known by her maiden name, Ginger Reyes, or her solo stage name, Ginger Sling) born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 22, 1980, is an American rock musician of Mexican and Peruvian heritage. She is the touring bassist and a backing vocalist for the Chicago alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. She is also a solo artist, and was a bassist of the California pop-punk band the Halo Friendlies.
Reyes has had a long musical career, playing in bands and writing songs since her freshman year in high school. Her first band was The Israelites, a Christian ska band from La Crescenta, California. She later replaced Cheryl Hecht as the bassist for the all girl pop-punk band the Halo Friendlies.
She attended UCLA from 1998 to 2000 and has a degree in history.
Her 2004 music video for her song "Faith" was directed by Djay Brawner.
On April 6, 2007 rock rumor website Buddyhead reported that Ginger Reyes was the new bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins, replacing former bassists...
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